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Responsibilities as Editor at Macmillan Education:
• Editing a variety of textbooks for Primary and Secondary phase education to be used in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.
• Proofreading
• Commissioning freelancers
• Formatting and Text Design
• Briefing illustrators and typesetters
• Scheduling
• Project management
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Show profile Hide profileResponsibilities include:
• Editing a variety of textbooks for Primary and Secondary phase education to be used in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe
Focusing on Science Textbooks (Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Social Sciences) for ages 10-18 (South African Grade 4-12.) Each country has their own curriculum specifications and various Science subjects are often grouped together when governments cannot afford to buy too many textbooks so it is necessary to have multi-disciplinary knowledge.
• Proofreading
Focusing on subjects I do not edit (Languages, Religion, Mathematics and Home Economics) for all ages .
• Commissioning freelancers
Macmillan uses freelance illustrators and typesetters for all its titles. As an editor I have to choose a freelancer for each project that has the right set of skills and experience for that specific title or range of titles.
• Formatting and Text Design
Authors are usually teachers from the country that the book is for. These authors are usually not familiar with the structure or style of writing a textbook. As an editor I have to “clean up” the manuscript that comes in and add mark-up and instructions for the typesetter.
• Briefing illustrators and typesetters
As an editor I compile briefs for the illustrators and typesetters that not only give them instructions but also give background on the titles and the countries they will be used for. This is especially important for illustrators as photo libraries simply do not have images that show African children doing “normal” things. Illustrators often need to create images showing African children doing experiments or walking to school in a setting that actually looks like, for example, Lesotho as these images do not exist on the internet.
• Scheduling
Scheduling is an extremely important part of every project. All books need to be submitted to government officials for approval and these submission dates vary from country to country. This means that the entire editorial and production cycle needs to happen in time and on time for high quality books to be submitted and (hopefully) approved. If a book is approved then it is sent to print.
• Project management
The Publishing Services Department consists of Editorial, Rights and Production units. Every book is assigned to different people in each department and it is my job to make sure that the book reaches every person who needs to work on it at the right time and in the right order.
Responsibilities include:
• Editing a variety of textbooks for Primary and Secondary phase education to be used in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe
Focusing on Science Textbooks (Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Social Sciences) for ages 10-18 (South African Grade 4-12.) Each country has their own curriculum specifications and various Science subjects are often grouped together when governments cannot afford to buy too many textbooks so it is necessary to have multi-disciplinary knowledge.
• Proofreading
Focusing on subjects I do not edit (Languages, Religion, Mathematics and Home Economics) for all ages .
• Commissioning freelancers
Macmillan uses freelance illustrators and typesetters for all its titles. As an editor I have to choose a freelancer for each project that has the right set of skills and experience for that specific title or range of titles.
• Formatting and Text Design
Authors are usually teachers from the country that the book is for. These authors are usually not familiar with the structure or style of writing a textbook. As an editor I have to “clean up” the manuscript that comes in and add mark-up and instructions for the typesetter.
• Briefing illustrators and typesetters
As an editor I compile briefs for the illustrators and typesetters that not only give them instructions but also give background on the titles and the countries they will be used for. This is especially important for illustrators as photo libraries simply do not have images that show African children doing “normal” things. Illustrators often need to create images showing African children doing experiments or walking to school in a setting that actually looks like, for example, Lesotho as these images do not exist on the internet.
• Scheduling
Scheduling is an extremely important part of every project. All books need to be submitted to government officials for approval and these submission dates vary from country to country. This means that the entire editorial and production cycle needs to happen in time and on time for high quality books to be submitted and (hopefully) approved. If a book is approved then it is sent to print.
• Project management
The Publishing Services Department consists of Editorial, Rights and Production units. Every book is assigned to different people in each department and it is my job to make sure that the book reaches every person who needs to work on it at the right time and in the right order.
